./net/bind95, Version 9 of the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, implementation of DNS

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Branch: pkgsrc-2010Q3, Version: 9.5.2pl4, Package name: bind-9.5.2pl4, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

BIND, the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, version 9 is a major rewrite
of nearly all aspects of the underlying BIND architecture. Some
of the important features of BIND-9 are:

- DNS Security
DNSSEC (signed zones)
TSIG (signed DNS requests)

- IP version 6
Answers DNS queries on IPv6 sockets
IPv6 resource records (A6, DNAME, etc.)
Bitstring Labels
Experimental IPv6 Resolver Library

- DNS Protocol Enhancements
IXFR, DDNS, Notify, EDNS0
Improved standards conformance

- Views
One server process can provide multiple "views" of the
DNS namespace to different clients.

- Multiprocessor Support
- Improved Portability Architecture

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Filesize: 6521.499 KB

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